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VCU Libraries now has access to PsychiatryOnline. This is a database that contains a variety of resources from the American Psychiatric Society, with one of those resources being the DSM V. Some of the other resources you can access through this resource are:

Journals including The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, and Academic Psychiatry

Textbooks including The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry, Gabbard’s Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments, The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Geriatric Psychiatry, The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment, The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology, and Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology

American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the treatment of psychiatric disorders

Clinical & research news from Psychiatric News

Medication information handouts for patients

(Some Information Taken Directly from Database About Section)

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation since 2005 has been issuing policy briefs about nursing’s future. The birefs cover a wide array of issues/topics. These Charting Nursing’s Future are now compiled in an archive that can be accessed at the link below.

With most of the provisions of theThePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act taking effect in January, 2014 a overburdened health care delivery system will be more stressed by an increase in those seeking healthcare. To help offset that burden there is an increased call to enable nurses to practice to the full extent of their education and training. This is reflected in a recently reflected in a brief that was produced by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Below you will find the RWJF policy brief as well as some other articles and resources on the topic.

ThePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act or Obamacare , as it has also been called, continues to be implemented with many of the major parts of the act taking effect in January, 2014. Because of the effect these changes are going to have on the healthcare system there are many questions people have about the act and the effect it will have on them. Below are some resources that may be helpful in answering these questions.

Well summer is here and while things at the library are quiet, I have had some time to do some reading. In doing that reading I have found some articles that touch on nursing practice and I thought could be interest. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist you with your research and have a great rest of the semester. 🙂

Tompkins-McCaw Library

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

12:15pm

Online

This past week the entry below on PBS was called to my attention. It is a piece that talks about different types of nurses, as well as the importance nurses play. The article/web entry below talks specifically about some of the different roles nurses can play and the video expands on that.

In this week’s New England Journal of Medicine there are two articles about nurses that are related to the expanding field of the practice of nursing and relationships with doctors. Below are the two articles that address this topic along with an MSNBC article that addresses the perspectives of physicians and nurse practitioners on primary care practice. If you want the articles below just log into the library site and cut and paste the article title in the PubMed search box.

When it comes to health care, patients play a vital role and need to be informed and able to talk to their physician about the care they need or are about to receive. To that end, there is a resource that has been created by ABIM, which is an organization of medical professionals whose aim is to improve health care through the advancement of medical professionalism. The resource is called Choosing Wiselyand the aim of the resource is to promote conversations between physicians and patients by helping patients choose care that is:

Supported by evidence

Not duplicative of other tests or procedures already received

Free from harm

Truly necessary

The site points out that the recommendations made by the site should not be used to establish coverage decisions or exclusions. These recommendations are meant to spur conversation about what is appropriate and necessary treatment.

If you are interested in another resource that is based on the best evidence to help consumers made more informed decisions, this resource could be one to check out. You can find the website by clicking on the link below: